timeless
John Coltrane Quartet (JC, tenor saxophone; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones, drums), “Impressions” (J. Coltrane), rec. 12/7/1963, San Francisco (Ralph J. Gleason’s Jazz Casual)
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voices I miss
Prince & The Band,* “Footprints” (Wayne Shorter), live, East Rutherford, New Jersey (soundcheck), 2004
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*Prince (guitar), John Blackwell (drums), Rhonda Smith (bass), Mike Scott (guitar), Renato Neto (keyboards), Chance Howard (keyboards), Greg Boyer (trombone), Maceo Parker (saxophone), Candy Dulfer (saxophone).
what’s new
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor, soprano saxophones) with Brandon Seabrook (electric guitar), Shawn Lovato (bass), Tom Rainey (drums), DoYeon Kim (25-String Gayageum), “Atomic Breath” (I. Laubrock), published today
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what’s new
Marc Ribot Quartet (MR, guitar; Chad Taylor, drums; Briggan Krauss, alto saxophone; Sebastian Steinberg, bass), “Ghost of Sleep” (M. Ribot), published today
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To improvise is to play with your ears.
Hamid Drake (1955-, drums; MCOTD Hall of Fame) & Tanja Feichtmair (1972-, alto saxophone), live, Austria (Nickelsdorf), 7/26/26
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sounds of New York
John Zorn, Masada (JZ, trumpet, composition; Dave Douglas, trumpet; Greg Cohen, bass; Joey Baron, drums), live, New York (Tonic), 1999)
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what’s new
This I could listen to all day.
Joel Ross Quartet (JR, vibraphone; Tyler Bullock, piano; Luca Alemanno, bass; Jeremy Dutton, drums), live, Italy (Perugia), 7/7/26 (published 8/24/26)
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voices I miss
Lester Bowie’s New York Organ Ensemble (LB, 1941-1999, MCOTD Hall of Fame, trumpet; Frank Lacy, trombone; James Carter, tenor saxophone; Spencer Barefield, guitar; Kathy Farmer, organ; Famadou Don Moye, drums), live, Madrid, 1992
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like nothing else
Alvin Fielder (1935-2019, drums), Roscoe Mitchell (1940-, soprano, alto and sopranino saxophones), live, Houston, 2013
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this morning, Oak Park, Illinois
what’s new
Brandon Seabrook Utility Modern (BS, guitar, composition; Bill Frisell, guitar; Rashaan Carter, electric bass; Marcus Gilmore, drums), “The Guitar Is a Weather Event, Even,” published 8/6/26
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